Cash-register.



PATENTBD D205 31., 1907.

Z R m m I BAN m H QM A C APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @F'FICIJ.

WOLDEMAR RETNHOLD HEINITZ, OF OHEMNITZ, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OT SCHUBERT & SALZ'ER MASOHINENFABRTK AKTIENGESELLSGHAFT,

GE ll-MANY.

OI CH EMNITZ,

CASH-RE GISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 2342c. 31, 1967,

Application filed July 11, 1908. $crial No. 325,701,

To all whom "it may concern.

Be it known that 1, WoLnEMAR REINHOLD Hnmrrz, a citizen of the Kingdom oi Saxony, and resident of Chemnitz, Germany, (whose post-oilice addressis Neefestrasse 24,) have invented certain new and useful Irn provemcnts in Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cash register having two-part transmissionsegments tor indicating, printing, adding, etc.

For the purpose of insuring a greater degrce of safety, I employ in place of the single latch usually used, a double coupling-latch, the one part of which, by striking obstruc tions introduced into its path, first causes release of the other part, whereupon the two parts of the segment can be uncoupled.

()no form of construction of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 are two vertical sections through the upper portion of a cash register fitted with the new device, the operative parts being shown in two di'll'erent positions. Figs. 3 and a are enlarged detail views, showing in elevation in two positions, the devices for coupling and. for uncoupling the two parts of the segment. Fig. 5 is a plan of Fig. 4.

in the case 1'oi' the register there islocated the main shait 2, actuated by a crank 2 in wel l-known manner. segments 3 and cams 4. are rigidly secured. Below the shaft 2 there is a second shaft 5, u )on which there are mounted, with capa- On this shaft 2 toothed bility of turning, segments 6 and 7 and dou- I ble-armed levers 8, 9.

The segment 6 has a lug 10, in which a short shaft 10 is mounted, this shaft connecting the lug with the longer lever-arm 8. The other lever-arm 9 is toothed. Thesegrncnt 3, mounted on the shaft 2, on rotation comes into engagement with the teeth of the lever-arm 9. presents a hook 11, below which there is a slot 12.

The top edge of the segment 7 with ratchet teeth, with whioha pawl 13 engages and thus arrests the segment. At the end of this segment two latches .14,"-15 are The free end of the segment 6 is furnished provided, eachconsisting of a peculii'n'ly'v shaped member turning on a common pin 16. In front ofthese two latches is a pin 17, to which is secured a satcty hlock 17, held in position by a spring 17*. The latch 14 has 23, which his the slot a finger 18, which rests on the block 1.? and is rounded below, so that'on pressure being applied to the latch, the part 1? can he pressed back. the segment 7 and at 19 is roundcdoii" toward both sides. "the second latch-15 has a finger The latch 14- projects above 20, which. likewise on the block 17 but is not rounded bciow, so that pressure on the latch 15 will not eaus the block 17 to'retreat. The finger 20 is hook d on. the upper edge at 21, so th it may with the hoot: 11 oi the segment 6. The portionof the latchlo which projects above the segment '7 somewhat smaller than the corresponding portion of the latch. 1a, and is provided with a shoulder 22, which protrudes shove the other latch 15. Projcctii'ig from the segment 7 is a pin 32 at the end of the other segment 6. The extent of motion of the two segment-parts h, 7 is limited hythe two stops at, Between the shafts 2 and 5 there is mounted a lever 26, whose end rests on the segment 6.

The method of operation oi? the apparatus is as follows:1l.iet itbe assumed that a registration has been el'l'.. ;ted by means of the shown in Fig. 1) and toe fifth eighth key (as key is now depressed (l1 2). [is Fig. 1 shows, on commencement of rotation of the crank the two toothed segments 3 and 9 will 'mesh with each other, whereby the lever 8, and thus the segment 6,

will be actuated. When the end of the segment 6 strikes the in 23, the segment 7 will be actuated also, icing turned as far as the stop permits. This position of the parts is shown in 1:

It is obvious from this figure that this moment the two segments 3, 9 leave each other, while at the same time the cam 4 descends upon the intermediate lever Furthermore the hooked end 11 of the segn'lent s will snap into the hook-21 of the latch 15. This coupling of the parts is ellected by the iuclinedouter edge of the hool -11 first pressing against the finger 18 0f the latch 1-5 which yields and thus presses back the block 17, so that the hook 21 of the finger 20 is now also able to yield. hen the two hooks 11 and 21 have engaged, the latehesla and 15, to gether with the block 17, will return to their initial position. The hloclcl? then lies be low the finger 20, whereby unintentional uncoupling of the two segments rendered impossible (Fig. 3). On further rotation of the crank, the cam 4 acts on the lever 26. elm-e rally be released at L- Patent 'operating, segment-pork is first depress-cc; and l this lever lies on the arm of i the latier inusi' pe tak of mo'iic those portions which project show ment 7 contact with {L slop, which present instance is set by e )resse f the rounded part 19 of the latch 1-1 hrs 'tacts with the stop. On furlher inolacch l4 descends, since the rounded finds no hold on the safety-block 17.

letter is pushed back and in ihis minim ihe finger 20 of thehitch l5.

block, will be released. "in also be depressed by the stop books 11, 21 now come on case: n

l J. KL, bilullw rcs with .c, l the operating 11 ii latches paw Lie operated 5; the ends oi the or introducing an ob- The shoulder 22 holds the se 11 struotion into u r latches, where in its present pc 1011, W the leis]; v. eiwsge with the will be moved further? sh diets lever 26, until the stion. This enrbposis'. with which the exp ewl 13 prevents the s hack. On the return h is preferably effected (not shown in the Clffl/WYHQ') r 3 the main shaft 2 and set (not shown) fastened to pawl 13.

The stop can obviously be n rious Ways, de ending up hie ister, Instearibf its being; n1 pressing keys (as in the press maybe set by turning .xey levers, or in any other sui The essentially novel feoiure of t tion consists in the provision cw latch, whereby uncoupling of U ments csn be effected solely by the lower latch 15, which sci, coupling, is keptlocked by the 17, until, by means of the stop, latch 14 has first pushed the hi4 the psth ofthe lower latch, who se ments are uncoupledby heir iiaving thus described my claim as new and desire to pivoted to irt, one of 2:, while engages d; as, springb0 the operipporung the ends or introducing an the latches, 1 wed finger is ah the ed in w uni ch latches the other has e with"; aid

up i hen l she said she, constitutes a too oihcl mini is piwcied ing segment j ioofihcd =egmedial/sly ol' the upon the crm and a cam .ind. bee-ring n; substan- I Luke 1! oi the npcruliiu;

mounted on the upon [the said lever lielly as described.

in cosh regisicr, n. combination, a slur-flu; an actuating i=1 "nlving an operating pert llti'll'lg a ho end, and 2m operated pert, basin oil back, ad- 7 vzmced by the 0pm u; liwo spring ublusted letche; pivoleu to the ends of the assented scgm l ushesback the safety-block from the hooked latch, which is then and-uncoupling of the segments effected j means for rotating l l l irwni, JZIUUHtBi'l thereo perusing mama 111e11t-part zmd. suppwting the ends of the two latches; means fm mtrodx'xcmgan 0bstrum-1011 111th the pat 1 oi ,the ink/shes *Mmre by the latch with the rounded. 'fifig 15 first depressed and pushe Jack the s y from bslow the book (i hitch, WhlOh 15 than depressed and the two isegnlentparm thus ul'lcoupled; a v doublwm'med lever mounted on the said shaft fine {Min of which lever 2011* stitutes a tootheei segl'ne' t, wi'lile the 0th arm 15, pivoted. to thqmrm 0f the opemm segment-part; segoui shafyhaving crank; a tozwthe d segment mounted flwreen, meshing with the said toothed segment; a lever mounted iniemnm iafiely of the 5W0 said shafts :md yermsi 1w UEMPH Kw arm of the 0per- #0; EL cam mcunted on the main mad E) ring upon the said lever $6.011; Map 0.21 63%) hooked latch vci th the: said obstructions a gmstuatfid pawl engaging with the bombed bank of 6 116 spew ted segmentpmb; suhsta By described.

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